Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-09-16
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A Wheeling, Va, despatch Of Sept. II
says As the New York express was de-
scending steep grade near Rodamer's sta
ton ON the Baltimore & Ohio railroad Sat
urday afternoon, the brakes refused to
work The train became unmanageable
and dashed down the grade at the rate of
- miles an hour. At bridge No. ~ the en-
CINE, tender, and two baggage cars left the
track, plunging into a ravine 100 feet deep.
A brakeman was crushed TO death, and a
number of passengers were injured, but
none fatally. The escape Of the entire train
from wreck was miraculous.
John f. Mahon, formerly a shoe manu-
facturer in Salem, Mass, and who with his
brother fled the state TO avoid defrauded
creditors, reappeared there on Tuesday,
footsore and travel stained having walked
the entire distance from New York. He
offered to give himself up to the authori-
ties, saying he was tired of being an exile
Since his absence he has been in Canada
and lately in New York city He says his
brother is in Winnipeg, Man.
James Davis, alias George Wilson, an ex-
pert crook is under arrest at Boston. Da-
Wis belongs in Philadelphia and is about 40
years old. Detectives say he is the best
diamond thief in the country, and the only
pickpocket who can take wallet from the
inside pocket of a mans vest without being
detected. He was locked up at police head
quarters after being photographed.
a schooner just arrived at Shelburne N.
s., brings news of "A schooner supposed to
he the Ocean Bride Of Boston, which was
seen drifting helplessly at sea and boarded
The decomposed bodies of several men
were floating in the cabin. The rest Of the
crew are believed to have been lost
The forest fires in the vicinity of Koehler,
Mich, are again raging as badly as ever,
and if long soaking rain does not come
soon the section will not have left "A stand
ing tree.
A negro woman at Dialsville, Ala, lock
ed her four children in the cabin Sunday
and went to church She found on her re
turn only their charred remains in the
ruins of the house.
The Louquimai volcano in Chill, 5000
feet high, broke out in eruption July pa,
accompanied by the rumbling and roaring
which precedes volcanic action Lava con
! tinued to flow and eruptions to occur for
several days.
Dr. McGlynn asked the women of the
anti-poverty society at New York Tuesday
night if they would be willing to fold 900,
600 sets of united labor ballots. An en-
thusiastic and unanimous Yes" was the
reply.
Mayor Francis of st. Louis has been try.
ing to select a church for the president and
Mrs. Cleveland to attend while in that city
and has given it up. Now he has writer
to MIR. Cleveland to express a preference
The Iowa supreme court decided Satur
day that the prohibition law authorizes the
state authorities to prevent the exporta
ton of spirits as well as their use in tn,
state.
Mrs Sarah J. Overton has been convict
ed of the murder of her husband and sen
fenced to % years in prison at Broker
Bow, Neb. Her little daughter testified
that she saw her mother fire the fatal shot
Charles p. lde, book keeper of the FRS
national bank at Glens Falls, n. Y, ha
confessed to the embezzement of $1S, Ion
in the years 1880 1881 and 1882. He ha,
covered up his tracks for seven years. IL
was an officer of Baptist Sunday schoc
and generally respected. No arrest ha
been made.
1t is estimated that 1000 coal miners ar
out on II strike at Shamokin, Pa The mi
ners are thoroughly organized as Knights o
Labor and are prepared for IA long lock out
No concessions have been offered ON eithe
side.
An east-bound passenger and west
bound freight train on the New York
Pennsylvania and Ohio road, under fu
headway, collided Is miles east of Urbana
O., last Monday morning Engineer Graf
of the passenger train was killed and Ell
gineer Kelly of the freight was horribl
mangled.
, Rev. q. G. Price, Methodist preache
at Rock Hill, S c., was publicly cowhide
Monday just as he was going off to ge
married. The brother of sister whoI
the pastor is said to have circulated scai
: dnlOus stories about. did the whipping